The whole Rise of the Masters series is on sale for $1.99 a pop. The world's best music with the world's worst covers at the world's best price. Some name performers in there. Definitely worth the risk.

One caveat... If you buy them all at once, Amazon doesn't allow you enough time to download all of it. You have to contact them and get them to reactivate the download. Best to buy them one at a time and download one before buying the next.

By the way, I've een doing some checking, and many of these recordings are the exact same ones available on SACD on the BIS label at full price. These are first class performances in excellent sound. Deals don't get better than this.

By the way, I've een doing some checking, and many of these recordings are the exact same ones available on SACD on the BIS label at full price. These are first class performances in excellent sound. Deals don't get better than this.

I was fine with just waiting. I got about halfway through (up to Debussy) with no issues. When I bought Debussy it said there was an error but when I tried to order again it said I already purchased it.

I'm now downloading Debussy via Cloud Drive and Tchaikovsky side by side.

...and I'm going to put on my new Holst CD while I wait...Mmmm...Planets...

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Originally Posted by bigshot

I figured out how to get around the time limit for downloading. If you log into your Amazon account, you can go to the cloud player page and download from there.

They do a decent job of putting more obscure (but often superior) orchestras/ soloists in. Unfortunately, I think these kinds of albums are only great for people who are trying to get introduced into classical music.